Dry Eye Disease

In these videos, Preeya K. Gupta, MD, FACS, associate professor of ophthalmology at Duke University, talks about the various treatment options for dry eye, both approved and in the pipeline, as well as challenges in diagnosis.

In these videos, Preeya K. Gupta, MD, FACS, associate professor of ophthalmology at Duke University, talks about the various treatment options for dry eye, both approved and in the pipeline, as well as challenges in diagnosis.

Wearing a face mask, particularly an N-95 mask, for more than 6 hours a day could exacerbate dry eye symptoms in health care workers aged younger than 40 years with a history of dry eye disease, researchers reported in Cureus.

Data on the prevalence and incidence of dry eye and meibomian gland dysfunction in the United States are uncertain and inconsistent due to the heterogeneous definitions and diagnostic criteria across studies.

Looks like the squeaky (read: annoying!) wheel still gets the grease.

KOLOA, Hawaii — Specialists must be thorough in their examinations of patients with dry eye symptoms in order to catch dry eye masqueraders, according to a presenter here.

Varenicline solution nasal spray improved tear production and decreased patient-reported symptoms of dry eye disease, regardless of the severity, according to a study published in Optometry and Vision Science.

Wow! That was weird. As always, I am writing this many weeks before you will see it, and this is the first time I wrote “2023.”

Healio/OSN’s top blog posts of the year featured commentaries on the challenges of transitioning to office-based surgery and generic drugs for the treatment of dry eye disease.

Business was not supposed to be the topic of my last column of 2022.